A catalogue of deep mantle plumes: New results from finitefrequency tomography

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Montelli, R ^a,b   Nolet, G ^a   Dahlen, F A ^a   Masters, G ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Frechet derivatives; Global seismology; Mantle plumes; P waves; S waves; Tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749093792     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001248     Document Type: Article

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